6. If you’re bored with normal brews, there are tons of fun varieties to try.

7. Beer has a rich history: It’s one of the oldest beverages that humans have produced.

The Ebla tablets, which date back to c. 2500 BCE in Mesopotamia, reveal that brewing beer was a popular occupation for women. Beer made from baked barley bread was part of the daily diet of Egyptian pharaohs.

15. …or some of these cool goblets.

16. It could be good for your future political career.

The former prime minister of Australia once set a beer-chugging record. As a student at Oxford, Bob Hawke downed a yard of ale in 11 seconds; he claims the feat endeared him to the beer-drinking community and earned him new constituents.

18. Guinness is actually a light beer.

At 125 calories a pint, it clocks in with fewer calories than Budweiser and Coors, and most ales and lagers. So drink up, Guinness fans: it’s basically the same thing as eating a kale salad. BASICALLY.

19. Beer is feminist.

The first brewers were mostly women, and colonial women ran most of the ancient beer halls and taverns. The Greeks viewed wine as a manly drink, while beer was seen as feminine and less classy. Read more here.